Whether you’re an old pro or just beginning to take an interest in type, Fontspotting—a downloadable font flashcard game—is so jam-packed with typographical details that you’re pretty much destined to learn something new. And the best part? It’s totally free.
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Sony has long argued that the PS4 and PS Vita are indie-friendly consoles, and it’s backing up words with deeds at Gamescom. The company has landed a PS4 exclusive for the console version of Rogue Legacy. Both the PS4 and Vita are also getting a new version of The Binding of Isaac (called Rebirth), while a new N+ (N++) game is coming to PlayStation hardware. In a few cases, Sony will get first crack at some anticipated games — a Hotline Miami sequel and Guns of Icarus Online will make their console debuts on the PS4 and PS Vita. If your tastes in games venture beyond the mainstream, Sony may have you covered for the foreseeable future.
Verizon announced today that it has finalized an agreement with Transit Wireless to bring its 3G and 4G LTE wireless data and voice service to subway stations in New York City. Transit Wireless runs a network between 36 subway stops in Chelsea and midtown Manhattan. Boingo provides the Wi-Fi component and both AT&T and T-Mobile are already on this network. Over the next several weeks Verizon will begin to install their wireless equipment. The carrier says that its customers can expect to receive service in these 36 stations later this year.
After the initial roll out of Verizon’s service is completed, it will work with Transit Wireless on Phase 2 of the project. Phase 2 includes 40 new stations, including but not limited to Grand Central, Bryant Park, 34th St. Herald Square as well as several stops in the Borough of Queens. It is expected that Phase 2 of this project will be completed early next year. William A. Bayne Jr., CEO of Transit Wireless, says that they are “extremely pleased” to gain Verizon’s participation in their wireless network. All four major U.S. carriers are now on-board Transit’s network. Sprint is also believed to be gearing up to join the network.
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This week the folks at Sony have made clear their intent to make the PS Vita more accessible to the whole world, announcing a significant price change in both the UK and the USA. This price change is just one of several updates to the device that’ll be made over the next few weeks, including […]
Changi Airport’s Project Jewel is a terminal hub designed to make flying fun.
(Credit: Changi Airport Group)
Last time I was at Singapore’s Changi Airport, I was waiting for my flight by relaxing at the swimming pool and sipping a Singapore Sling. I really didn’t want to leave.
Brimming with gorgeous tropical plants and stress-busting recliners, with an easy rail link to downtown, Changi is the most heavenly airport I’ve ever been to. It’s almost a vacation unto itself, and makes some world air hubs feel like, well, hell.
And though it often tops lists like the World Airport Awards, it’s now adding a futuristic pleasure dome to ensure its global dominance: Project Jewel.
Slated to open in 2018, the mixed-use bubble will be designed by a consortium led by Moshe Safdie, who also did Singapore’s opulent Marina Bay Sands resort complex, and will feature a bubble-like structure of glass and steel.
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At the Gamescom conference in Cologne, Germany, today, Sony announced that its fledgling PlayStation Vita portable gaming console would get a price cut from $249 to $199.
This cut is effective immediately with U.S. retailers like Best Buy and Amazon already selling the Vita at its new lower price.
This is a developing story and will be updated as we learn more details.
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It’s not just PS4 news from Sony at its Gamescom keynote today, the company has also just confirmed a big bit of PlayStation Vita news: it’s dropping the MSRP to $199. That price goes into effect tomorrow. Sony also says that it’s dropping the cost of the memory cards for the device, although it’s not offering specific prices for those just yet. What’s more, the company has also confirmed that a slate of indie games are heading to the handheld console this year, including Fez, which will also be making its way to the PlayStation 4 — again, further specifics will have to wait, but we’ll bring you those as soon as we know them.
Update: Specifics on the memory card price drops have been provided. The 4GB unit is falling from $19.99 to $14.99; the 8GB from $29.99 to $19.99; the 16GB from $59.99 to $39.99; and the 32GB from $99.99 to $79.99.
Source: PlayStation Blog
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Apple is rumored to release the budget iPhone, a.k.a iPhone 5C, next month. Analyst Katy Huberty of Morgan Stanley believes that iPhone 5C might increase Apple’s market share in China. In a note to clients Huberty writes that iPhone 5C’s price in China , expected to be around RMB 4,000, will be in the acceptable price range for the market. This price is actually believed to be 22 percent higher than what analysts expect the iPhone 5C to be priced at.
Huberty makes these predictions based on a survey of 2,000 mobile phone owners in China conducted by AlphaWise. The iPhone 5C is expected to bring in a 13.3 percent gain in Apple’s smartphone market share. An additional 6 percentage gain is expected if Apple finally clinches a deal with China Mobile. Last month Apple CEO Tim Cook met with China Mobile, just last week the carrier said that it is keen to sell the iPhone, but said that commercial and technical issues remain in the way. Huberty predicts that if China Mobile sells the TDD-LTE capable variant of the iPhone 5C, the low cost smartphone might become the best selling smartphone in China. This increase in market share would mean that Apple would overtake Samsung as one of the biggest smartphone vendors in China.
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Sony’s Jim Ryan described the launch of Gran Turismo 6 as one where a collection of concept vehicles would be delivered before they head to the real world. With the help of the folks at Polyphony Digital, brands from BMW to Nike-associated Jordan would be creating vehicles specifically for this game. From here, the real […]
Remember those rumors about Sony making a movie based upon the famed Gran Turismo racing games? Well, today at Gamescom 2013, Sony has officially announced that said film project is in the works. Unfortunately, Sony’s not telling us anything about the story itself (other than fast cars being featured), but we do know it’ll be a “full length feature film.” Kazunori Yamauchi, Polyphony Digital head is helping make it along with filmmakers Mike de Luca and Dana Brunetti. When will their masterpiece be ready for theaters? We don’t know. What we do know, however, is that the latest iteration of the Gran Turismo gaming series, GT 6 will be making its debut on December 6th of this year.
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